How common is the surname McNeese?

3,223 people in the United States had the surname McNeese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,794 Americans. It ranked 10,001st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McNeese?

Barbara Stuart, American actress (1930-2011).

Where is the surname McNeese most common?

Wikidata records people named McNeese in the United States.

Is the surname McNeese getting more or less common?

More common. 3,058 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,223 in 2010, up 5.4%.

The surname McNeese

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 3,223 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McNeese is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicization of Irish Mac Naoise, a patronymic from a shortened form of Aonghas (“Angus”).

McNeese is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,223 people named McNeese in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,794 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,058.

#10,001

rank among US surnames

3,223

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+5.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,754)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,994	Shoaf	3,227	95,676
#9,997	Sword	3,225	95,735
#9,998	Jaques	3,224	95,765
#10,001	Dubon	3,223	95,794
#10,006	Cortinas	3,222	95,824

Who is named McNeese

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

84% of people named McNeese identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McNeeses

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Barbara Stuart
American actress (1930-2011)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Minish

Surnames that sound like McNeese

McNeese has the Soundex code M252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M252.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McNeese come from?: Anglicization of Irish Mac Naoise, a patronymic from a shortened form of Aonghas (“Angus”).
How common is the surname McNeese?: 3,223 people in the United States had the surname McNeese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,794 Americans. It ranked 10,001st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McNeese?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named McNeese identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McNeese?: Barbara Stuart, American actress (1930-2011).
Where is the surname McNeese most common?: Wikidata records people named McNeese in the United States.
What type of surname is McNeese?: McNeese is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McNeese getting more or less common?: More common. 3,058 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,223 in 2010, up 5.4%.
What are other spellings of McNeese?: Minish.